So of these two ingredient lists, which one would you choose/think is the one with the better ingredients? Both are dry dog food, and I'm considering changing, but really it's a toss up. I can get each very easily now, I'm just not sure..... Both are comparable in price as well, within $5

Which is where I sometimes get confused, but I believe the meal is actually supposed to be better than just chicken, etc. Something about the Cooking process, to where you actually get less meat in the dog food when meat vs meal...

The first one is Taste of the wild, the second is Canidae's (new as far as I know?) grain free formula... The vets office just started to carry the grain free, and TSC just started to carry Taste of the Wild, I'm considering switching them over to one of them, just not sure which one... Both seem to me like a good choice, but I don't know enough to trim it down to one or the other.

Gator is raw fed but he does get TOTW for his treat toys. Never very much but it helps keep him occupied for a few min. with something different. It is literally the only dry food he can eat without a totally messed up system.

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It has four meat meals in the first ten ingredients and only one potato.

Meat meals are actually better than meats because ingredients are listed in the order of pre-cooking weight. More than half the weight of meat is water, so once you cook out all the water and make it dry the ingredient falls waaaaaaay down the list.

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Honestly, I thought it was better as well, but didn't mention the names for that purpose... I really wasn't sure which had the better ingredient list, as I thought the Canidae formula appeared much better. They already eat Canidae, but when I seen the grain free it got me to thinking maybe it would be better for them. I haven't had any issues at all with the "ingredient switch" or anything else with the two dogs, they have been perfectly fine, even though I've read a few stories about stool, etc.

It has four meat meals in the first ten ingredients and only one potato.

Meat meals are actually better than meats because ingredients are listed in the order of pre-cooking weight. More than half the weight of meat is water, so once you cook out all the water and make it dry the ingredient falls waaaaaaay down the list.

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Diamond has a bad rap from the recalls, but I've said it once and I'll say it a million more times: They got caught with their pants down, big time, and I highly doubt it's going to happen again. I think it's more than safe to buy Diamond products these days. I even believe that firmly enough to feed Diamond products to my own cats, knowing what happened in the past.

If i HAD to choose between the two, i would go with Taste of the Wild. My wife and I like them very much! But i am not too sure about the Bison formula. Guess it depends on your dog, but my dogs stomachs seemed to not like it, or maybe it was the Lamb. But the Quail/Duck formula seemed to do much better.

If i am correct, i believe (meat) meal is bone and meat ground up, which bone is very good for the dogs, hense all the benifits of a BARF diet. If we are not feeding Raw, we def. would be feeding Innova Evo. That is what we fed before we went raw, and had GREAT RESULTS!